Tape-dispensing package



July 21, 1925. 1,546,684

R. SPURGIN ET AL TAPE DISPENSING PACKAGE Filed 'April 5. 1924 Patented .luly 2l, 19.25.

'UNITED STATES ROBERT SPURGIN' AND PERCIV'L S. SIEURGrIN,v OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TAPE-DISPENSING PACKAGE.

Application led April 5, 1924. Serial No. 704,322.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, ROBERT SPURGIN and PERCIVAL S. SPURGIN, both citizens of the United States,'residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improve-A ments in .Tape-Dispensing Packages, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates' to boxes or cartons designed ,to contain and dispense, in quantities as required, a coil of tape. The principal contemplated use of the device is that of a container and .dispenser for the thin transparent adhesive paper stripor tape commonly used by banks fo-r Imendmg torn currency, but the invention is also well adapted as a container and dispenser for any kind of tape adaptedfor any of the uses and purposes for which tape is employed.

y One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved box or container that will possess a; permanent straight and sharp cutting edge by which, when the desired length of tape has been withdrawn, it may be quickly and easily severed by a simple tearingA operation across said cutting edge.v Another object o f the invention is to provide a container of that type wherein the' tape is withdrawn without the necessity of opening the same, and wherein, when the portion of the tape required for use has been severed, an accessible end portion of the tape will remain projecting outside the container to facilitate the subsequentwithdrawal of the next portion required, and will be revented by the frictional -hold of the box ody vand cover thereon from slipping back into the box and out o f reach fromthe outside except by removlng the cover. l

Other objects and attendant advantages of the invention will be apparent to persons skilled vin the art as the' same' becomes better understood by reference Vto .the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawlngs 1n which we have illustrated several practical forms or embodiments of the invention, and wherein- Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the receptacle, in horizontal section just below the top wall of the cover on the line 1--1 of Fig. 2;

- to our present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation viewed from the bottom of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation showing a modified form of tearing strip;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; i Fig. 5y is a fragmentary side elevation similar to Fig. 3, showing another modification of the tearing strip; and

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

as an entirety a rectangular paste-board box body, and 11 designates as an entirety the cover thereof which, as usual in boxes or cartons of this type, has depending side walls which overlap and cover the upstanding side walls of the body 10. 12, in Fig. l, designates a spool on which, in the instance shown, is found a coil 13 of thin adhesive paper tape such as is used for mending torn currency. In one side wall of the body 10 is cut a vertical slot 14 which preferably extends from the upper edge of the wall to the plane of thebottom wall and is open at its upper end, and in the corresponding wall .of the cover 11 is cut `a similar slot 15 which preferably extends from the lower edge of thev wall to the plane of the top wall and is open at its lower end. The slots 11 and 15 are oset preferably about onetthird of the length of the walls in which they are formed, and the free' end of the tape is passed through the slot 11, thence between the body and cover walls, and thence out through the slot 15. Y

In the instance shown, the corners of the side walls of the cover are bonded together by paper strips 16 pasted to the outer sur facesthereof, but this detail is immaterial Referring to Figs. 1Y and 2, 17'designates a flat stiff tearing strip of fibre board or like material that is glued or otherwise adhered to' the outer surface of the coveiywall between the slot 15 and the ad'yacent-` corner. The outer straight vertical edge 17 of the strip 17 is sharply defined and preferably slightly overhangs the corner as shown.

In Figs. 3 and 4 is shown a tearing strip 18 made of thin sheet-metal, such as tin or aluminum, which is united to the. wall of -the cover by a centrally located eyelet rivet Y19, and to avoid the necessity of more than ,65 Referring to the drawing, 10 'designates one rivet to prevent turning of the strip, the inner edge of the latter is preferably provided with an inturned narrow lip or iange 2O which laps' over the outer edge of the slot 15.

. In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown a` thin sheetmetal tearing strip 21 which is attached to the wall of the cover by integral means consisting of pointed tongues or prongs 22, one of which is folded beneath and behind the lower edge of the wall, another over and behind the inner edge of the slot 15, while the third is pressed through and folded behind the upper edge portion of the wall. This last construction provides a. very strong and secure anchorage of the tearing strip on the wall of the cover, not requiring either of the pasting and riveting operations of the forms previously described.

The manner of using our improved tape container and dispenser is as follows:

rlhe free end of the coil as it lies latin the box body is passed first through the slot 14 and then through the slot 15 in the cover as the latter is applied to the body. A portion of the tape between the two slots is thus brought between the lapping walls of the body and cover; and a projecting end being thus once secured outside the cover, it is only necessary, with the box held between the thumb and fingers of one hand, to draw out with the other hand the tape from the coil within and sever it on the cutting edge of the tearing strip in the lengths required; a sufficient, easily accessible projecting end always remaining for the next use, and the frietional hold of the walls and corner edges of the slots on the tape preventing the free end from slipping back into the box.

We are aware that in a container of this character registering slots in the overlapping walls of the body and cover through which the tape is .drawn have been proposed; but our present invention presents a distinct improvement on dispensing cartons of this construction in that the offsetting of the slots provides a space between the two walls through which the tape is drawn and by which it is frictionally held against slipping back into the box and requiring the subsequent opening of the box and repriming before the tape can be withdrawn 1n the contemplated manner. This frietional hold upon the tape, by imposing a light drag thereon, also reduces the liability of accidentally pulling out an excess over what is required. And in whatever position the box is held while withdrawing tape, the top, bottom or side walls provide a frictional drag on the spool and coil generally sufcient to prevent the formation of slack in the coil. The frictional drag on .the portion of the tape being pulled out of the box can be very simply regulated by the user holding the box in one hand and pressing `slots and between the lapping with the thumb on the portion of the outer edge wall of the. cover lying between the slots t14C and 15; while, with the other hand the strip is readily severed across the cutting edge of the tearing strip at the corner of the cover.

We have herein shown and described certain speciic embodiments of the invention, all of which are useful and practical from the viewpoint of y'simplicity and economy. Manifestly, other specific materials may be employed for the tearing strip and other specific means employed to attach the same to the cover wall; and hence, we do not limit the invention to the particular forms shown and described except to the extent indicated in specic claims.

1. A tape dispensing package, comprising a box body and a removable cover having lapping side walls of substantially equal widths provided with offset slots respectively, and a coil of tape in said box adapted to be withdrawn from the latter through said slots and between the lapping portions of the side walls between said/ slots.

2. A tape dispensing package, comprising a "rectangular box body and a removable cover having lapping side walls of substantially equal widths, corresponding side walls of said body and cover being provided with relatively offset transverse slots respectively, and a coil of tape in said box adapted to be withdrawn from the latter through lsaid g portions of the side walls between said slots.

3. A tape dispensing package, comprising a box body and cover having lapping side walls provided with 'offset transverse slots,

`a coil of tape in said box adapted to be withdrawn through said slots, and a'tearingstrip attached to a wall of said cover and formed with a sharp edge overhanging a corner of the cover across which said tape is adapted to be torn.,

4. A tape dispensing package, comprising a rectangular box body and a removable cover having lapping side walls of substantially equal widths, corresponding side walls of said body andcover being provided with transverse slots respectively, a coil of tape in said box adapted to be withdrawn through said slots, and a tearing strip attached to the slotted wall of said cover and formed with a sharp edge overhanging a corner of the cover across which said tape is adapted to be torn.

5. A tape dispensing package, comprising a box body and a removable cover havin lapping side walls of substantially equa widths provided with relatively offset slots respectively, a coil of tape in said box adapted to be withdrawn from the latterl through said slots and between the lapping portions of the side walls between said slots, and a,

tearing strip attached to the slotted Wall of said cover beyond the slot of the latter and formed with a sharp edge across which said tape is adapted to be torn.

6. A tape dispensing package, comprising a rectangular box body and a removable cover having lapping side Walls, oorresponding side Walls ofsubstantially equal Widths of said bod and cover being formed with relatively o set transverse slots respectively, a coil of tape in said box adapted to be With'- drawn from the latter through said slots and between the lappingv portions of the side Walls between said" slots, and a flat rigid tearing strip attached to the slotted Wall of 1`5 Roemer sPURcIN..

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